Gaming deals, half price caplets

GOG.com is having a Pick 5, get 80% off, from a list of 20 games. Can't get to it from work, so this is a type from my phone: "!" means "Holy crap, what a great price for a great game," and "?" means "Never heard of it, myself."

$2 The Witcher Enhanced Edition!$3 Alan Wake!$2 Alan Wake's American Nightmare$3 Legend of Grimrock!$3 The Chronicles of Riddick$4 Divinity II Director's Cut$3 Inquisitor?$4 Deponia$5 Back to the Future The Game$2 A New Beginning: Final Cut?$5 Sam and Max Save the World$5 Sam and Max Beyond Time and Space$2 Tiny and Big$2 Capsized$3 Defender's Quest$2 Puddle$5 King's Bounty: Crossroads$4 Runaway 3: A Twist of Fate?$2 Pid$4 Lucius

For those who are on the fence, there's a decent little Ars group that plays, often. HellHeart likes to recruit people for the Blood Bowl leagues, and normally runs 2 simultaneous leagues here, just for us.

Legendary edition is only $6.79 if you're super cheap, and the versions ARE compatible for online play, but Chaos edition gets you more races and better Steam integration.

Could someone please post the Steam Weekend Deals? Our corporate guardians block the Steam website at work and my local T-Mobile cell tower has decided to be flaky since yesterday afternoon so I can't connect with my hotspot+iPod Touch combo. (This F-ing tower seems to do this every few months--it's getting really annoying.)

Could someone please post the Steam Weekend Deals? Our corporate guardians block the Steam website at work and my local T-Mobile cell tower has decided to be flaky since yesterday afternoon so I can't connect with my hotspot+iPod Touch combo. (This F-ing tower seems to do this every few months--it's getting really annoying.)

Ubisoft Publisher Weekend. Today, special is Anno 2070 at 60-66% off. AC III is 35% off, etc. Majority of catalog titles will be on sale for 35-50% off during the weekend.

Dammit... I've been fighting off my craving for Anno 2070 - UBI and their fucking shit drm. At that price it is so much more tempting.

I was worried about it for awhile but I broke down during the last Steam Sale and got it. The UPlay really isn't all that noticeable.

Until you try to activate on more than three machines. Or your hardware changes a few times. Or you format and reinstall Windows.

Note that Tages (the tool used to enforce the activation limit on Anno 2070) does not have a deactivation tool. Ubisoft may give you more activations if you call their support and beg, but it's not guaranteed, and it's yet another hoop to jump through to be able to use the product you purchased.

I know War for cybertron was popular here, I have it still not played it.

I played it on the PS3. It was fun, but you did not miss out on anything revolutionary - it's a third person shooter where you can transform into vehicles, pretty much bog standard. Even my childhood nostalgia doesn't make it a can't-miss. Case in point, I never bought the sequel.

Could someone please post the Steam Weekend Deals? Our corporate guardians block the Steam website at work and my local T-Mobile cell tower has decided to be flaky since yesterday afternoon so I can't connect with my hotspot+iPod Touch combo. (This F-ing tower seems to do this every few months--it's getting really annoying.)

Ubisoft Publisher Weekend. Today, special is Anno 2070 at 60-66% off. AC III is 35% off, etc. Majority of catalog titles will be on sale for 35-50% off during the weekend.

Could someone please post the Steam Weekend Deals? Our corporate guardians block the Steam website at work and my local T-Mobile cell tower has decided to be flaky since yesterday afternoon so I can't connect with my hotspot+iPod Touch combo. (This F-ing tower seems to do this every few months--it's getting really annoying.)

Ubisoft Publisher Weekend. Today, special is Anno 2070 at 60-66% off. AC III is 35% off, etc. Majority of catalog titles will be on sale for 35-50% off during the weekend.

Friends do not let friends buy Ubisoft.

I think it's about time EA is added to that as well.

Friends also shouldn't let developer friends use Ubi or EA as publishers.

Hey refusing to give unethical publishers our money is the most responsible thing we can do. Unfortunately I do not think even EA's SimCity screw up will be enough to get the "average" gamer on board with this. "But me want shiny! Me want it now!" seems to be how they work.

I doubt most gamers know what company publish the games they buy (or produce the movies they see). Noone buys "the shooter from Activision" or "the shooter from EA". They buy Call of Duty or Battlefield.

Hey refusing to give unethical publishers our money is the most responsible thing we can do. Unfortunately I do not think even EA's SimCity screw up will be enough to get the "average" gamer on board with this. "But me want shiny! Me want it now!" seems to be how they work.

Maxis, by their own admission, is at fault for the SimCity issues, not EA.

Hey refusing to give unethical publishers our money is the most responsible thing we can do. Unfortunately I do not think even EA's SimCity screw up will be enough to get the "average" gamer on board with this. "But me want shiny! Me want it now!" seems to be how they work.

Maxis, by their own admission, is at fault for the SimCity issues, not EA.

And whose fault are the micro transactions in Dead Space 3? Whose fault is it for the decline of Bioware? Whose fault is it that their mobile games have been known to wipe out peoples accounts taking all the real world money tied to it with it?

The SimCity issue is just a the latest in a long string problems from EA. You don't need to defend them, they are still going to make money hand over fist.

Hey refusing to give unethical publishers our money is the most responsible thing we can do. Unfortunately I do not think even EA's SimCity screw up will be enough to get the "average" gamer on board with this. "But me want shiny! Me want it now!" seems to be how they work.

Maxis, by their own admission, is at fault for the SimCity issues, not EA.

And whose fault are the micro transactions in Dead Space 3? Whose fault is it for the decline of Bioware? Whose fault is it that their mobile games have been known to wipe out peoples accounts taking all the real world money tied to it with it?

The SimCity issue is just a the latest in a long string problems from EA. You don't need to defend them, they are still going to make money hand over fist.

I'm not defending them, but I also know they're not the Devil...anyway not the thread for this discussion...

I tempted to get Crysis 2 because I have been waiting for it to go on sale, but I've avoided Origin thus far and all the games must be activated on Origin. Hell, even Bulletstorm is probably worth the $5 they are asking and Mirror's Edge definitely is. Amalur is great too even without the DLC. If you do end up making a purchase at GMG, you can use my refer a friend link and we both get $2: http://www.greenmangaming.com/?gmgr=ceneweza. I want these games, but so far only use Steam and they don't seem to go on sale much there for obvious reasons.

I'll just say that if you like cheesy fun crazy action with great one-liners and Jennifer Hale swearing up a storm, then this game is DEFINITELY worth putting up with the hassle of GfWL. Though it does suffer from consolitis, it is a seriously fun game.

On a related note, any UK-area Arsians want to help a fella out? My Paypal is ready, but for some reason, the website insists on listing UK as a ship-to address, and Paypal is absolutely not happy about that...

[Edit]As an update, Paypal can be coerced into working, if you simply create an account on their site...

You get a single Steam key for Dishonored plus a "Pre-release DLC Bundle" that includes the pre-order bonuses from multiple different retailers, as well as the Dunwall City Trials.